[Python-3000] Removing functions from the operator module

[Collin Winter]

On 7/3/06, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> +

But you can't pass a plus sign to higher-order functions.

> On 7/3/06, Collin Winter <collinw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/3/06, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> > > On 7/3/06, Collin Winter <collinw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > PEP 3100 mentions that isCallable() and sequenceIncludes() are to be
> > > > removed from the operator module in Python 3000 because there are
> > > > better, more obvious ways of spelling these things.
> > > >
> > > > So, on that note, should operator.truth() and operator.abs() be added
> > > > to the to-be-removed list, in favour of the builtins bool() and abs()?
> > >
> > > I don't think so. Or else you'd have to remove operator.add as well.
> >
> > Stupid question: why? What's the better spelling of operator.add?
> >
> > Collin Winter
> >
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